Steele confirmation caught in backlog

MOBILE, ALABAMA - A Senate panel&#39;s review of the nomination of U.S. Magistrate William Steele to the federal appeals court in Atlanta has been delayed until the next session of Congress. <br> <br> U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, said Thursday the nomination was held up by a backlog in the Senate Judiciary Committee. <br> <br> The 51-year-old Steele has been a magistrate in Mobile since 1990, and declined comment on the Senate delay. <br> <br> President Bush, who nominated Steele for the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October 2001, would need to renominate Steele next year.

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